Improvement in churns



S. KREITER,

Uhuru No. 204,582. Patented .lune 4,1878.

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ATTORN EY @Misses UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KREITER, OF SILVER LAKE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,582, dated June 4,1878; application filed April 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KREITER, of Silver Lake, in the county ofKosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Churns; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and igures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of an end view of myimproved churn. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof 5 andFigs. 3, 4, and 5 are details.

My invention has relation to improvements in swinging churns having aflexibly-jointed dash-rod.

The nature of the invention consists in certain novel combinations ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. l

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the base of thechurn-stand, supported upon legs a at one end, and at the other by ametallic plate, b, having jonrnaled therein a trundle-wheel, c, that isoli' the ground when the churn is in use.

B designates spaced uprights erected on the base, and connected togetherat their tops by a rock-shaft, C.

D indicates the churn, tub, or box, preferably of rectangular form andvibrating vertically between the posts B. It has upon its sides thecross-bars D', one of which is extended outward to form a handle, d.These bars afford bearings for the rabbeted ends of the journal-pins d1,that extend through the said uprights, and are secured thereto againstrotating or endwise movement by means of the through-pins e.

Near the top of the box is a ledge, i, upon which the lid E rests. Thislid is composed of two sections, f ff, having their contiguous edgesbeveled, as shown in Fig. 2. Section f has an aperture through which theflasher-rod F extends, and when in position its end is engaged underspurs g, projecting from the end of the case inward. The section f has arib, y, extending from end to end thereof, and sufliciently high to beliush with the top of the tub.

Upon the top of the sides of the box are placed turn-buttons h, which,when turned, as shown in Fig. 5, lie upon the rib and prevent thesection f from all displacement. The contiguous edges of the sectionsbeing beveled, that of the section f overlying the section f', and theend of the latter being under the spurs g, the said buttons secure thewhole lid to the box in a very commodious manner.

The sectionf has sometimes a gauze-covered aperture, h', through it, inwhich event the middle portion of the rib will be wanting.

The dasher C is a wooden frame having any number desired oflozenge-shaped creamcutting rods, d2, arranged with their sharp edgesupward.

The dash-rod is formed in two sections, 7c lo'. Section khas upon itslower end a metallic tip,j, the rabbeted end of which is received in aforked tip, j', on the upper end of the section k', being pivotedthereto by means of a pin or bolt, l. The pin l has at one end a head,l', and at the other an annular groove, m, and is prevented from workingout of the joint by means of a metallic lock-plate, n, having anopening, i, in one end sufficiently large to receive the end of thebolt, and terminating in a slot, i', of the same width as the diameterof the said bolt at the annular groove. The lock-plate is passed overthe bolt, with slot i' upward, until it reaches the groove m. It is thendrawn down until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 2, therebypreventing the bolt from all endwise displacement.

The handle-bar d has a perforation, o, which, when the churn is rotatedin position to be emptied, is in line with a similar hole in theupright. A pin, o', is then passed into the holes and the tub locked inposition. The section k extends through the rock-shaft C, and isadjustably secured thereto by means of a pin, p, passing throughregistering perforations in the section and shaft.

v The box may be actuated either by means of a cross-handle o n theupper end of the dashrod or by means of the side handle d.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 1n a churn, the combination, with a churn having the inside ledge z'and the projecting spurs g, of the lid E, composed of the sections ff',having contiguous beveled edges andthe In testimony that I claim theabove I have buttons, substantially as specied. hereunto subscribed myname in the presence 2. The combination, with the coupled dashof twowitnesses.

rod sections k k and their hinge-pin l, having SAMUEL KREITER.

a head, l', and an annular end groove, m, of 'itnesses:

the locking-plate n, having the key-hole slot z' HENRY PAULUS,

i', SubstantiallyY as Specied. DAVID BLAIR.

